esselmann



L. H. ESSELM'ANN.

BAUER FEEDER FOR PAsRY FORM MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 5 |918.

1,303,218., Patented May, 1919.

, Fiyi LOUIS I-I. ESSELMANN, 0F ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

BATTER-FEEDER FOR PASTRY-FORM MACHINES Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 6, 1919.

Applica-tion filed November` 5, 1918. Serial N o. 261,285.

the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements 1n Batter-Feeders for Pastry-Form Machines,of which the fol-.

lowing is a specification.

This invention consists of an apparatus for automatically permitting andpreventing the flow of batter to molds for forming pastry cones. So faras the inventor is aware, this is the first automatic apparatus for thatpurpose.

In theacconipanying drawings forming part of this specification, inwhich like numbers of reference denote like parts wherever they occur,

Figure 1 is a top plan view; and

Fig. 2 is a side elevation, partly in section.

The frame 1 is supported by standards 2 resting` upon the floor orground or other suitable place. The bank of molds 3 may also besupported therefrom or in any other suitable manner.

Each mold .3 is located opposite a port 4, registering with a port 5,leading from a batter pump 6.

Vithin the pump 6 is located piston 7 mounted won piston rod 8, providedwith screw-threaded portion 9, which allows for the adjustment of thenuts 10 and 11.

Slot 12 is formed in one end of lever 13 and rod 9 passes through slot12 so as to receive nut 11. The slotted end of lever 13 is tightly heldbetween nuts 10 and 11. The lever 13 can be adjusted up or down on rod 9by reason of thel adjustability o1' nuts 10 and 11, which determines thethruston piston 7 and therefore the degree o'l" pressure upon the batterwithin pump 6, which may be increased or diminished, according to theconsistency of the batter, the condition of the apparatus, etc. Thisadjustability allows also compensation for the wear of parts.

Lever 13 'is ulcrumed at 14 and pivoted at 15 to a rod 16 adapted forvertical reciprocating movement.

A bracket 17 extends outwardly from one of the standards 2 and bears thefulcrum 18 for bell-crank lever 19, the outer end of one arm of which isin loose pivotal connection at 20 to rod 16, and the outer end of theother arm of which is in loose pivotal connection at 21 to the outer end22 of valve 23. Ports 24 extend through valve 23, and are so located asto register with ports 4 and 5 when a flow of batter is desired and notto register therewith when it is desired toshut off the flow of batterfrom the pump 6 to molds 3.

Fig. 2 clearly shows valve 23 in closed position, so that batter willnot flow from pump 6 through ports 5, 24, and 4 into molds 3. Powerbeing communicated in any suitable manner to cause rod 16 to rise willat the same time rock lever 13 in such manner as to depress piston 7,rock bellcrank 19, and thereby move valve 23 to the left in Fig. 2,which causes ports 24 to register with ports 4 below and 5 above.

Pipe 25, controlled by valve 26, conducts the batter from any suitablesource of supply to pump 6.

Bracket 27 supports fulcrum 14.

I-Iaving thus described this invention, I hereby reserve the benefit ofall changes in form, arrangement, order, or use of parts, as it isevident that many minor changes may be made therein without departingfrom the spirit of this invention or the scope of the following claim.

I claim:

An apparatus of the character described comprising a pump casing havinga series of normally spaced pairs of outlets in its bottom, a slideoperative between the outlets of such pairs and formed with a series ofopenings which may be brought into alinement with the outlets oi suchpairs to form an unbroken con'nnunication therebetween, a piston in thecasing, a lever supported for pivotal movement and adjustably connectedat one end of the piston, a bell crank mounted below the lever andtern'iinally connected to the slide, and a rod adapted 'forreciprocative movement and connected at one end to the lever and at anintermediate point to the remaining terminal of the bell crank.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aiiix my signature.

LOUIS Il. ESSELMANN.

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Washington, D. B.

